[Collection of Arabic poems]

Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/​Created
[1854 or 1855?]
Description
48 leaves : paper ; 225 x 80 (200 x 75) mm. bound to 224 x 81 mm.

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Special Collections - Manuscripts Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 117H Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    Summary note
    An anthology from various authors, such as Ibrāhīm al-Laqqānī, 1041 [1631/2], Muḥyī al-Dīn al-Būnī, 622 [1225], Kaʻb ibn Zuhayr, Ibn Ḥajar al-Haythamī 735-807 [1334/5-1405], ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī, 726 [1325/6] and ʻAbd al-Ghanī ibn al-Nābulusī 1050-1143 [1641-1731]; mostly on Ṣūfī love.
    Notes
    • After the colophon is a charm.
    • Collation: Paper ; fol. 48 + i ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
    • Description: Rubricated ; MS in good condition.
    • Layout: 15-23 lines per page ; text runs parallel with back of cover.
    • Ms. codex.
    • Origin: Evidently copied 1271 [1854/5].
    • Title supplied by cataloger.
    • Colophon: لم اقصد الفعل القبيح وانما * قصدي اشهد صنعت [صنعة] المعبودي. تمت تم
    • Incipit: قصيدة. اتهتم غرامي بالهوى وقعدتموا
    Binding note
    Quarter-bound binding in oblong or safīnah format in red and brown leather. Blind-tooled line decoration.
    Provenance
    Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
    Source acquisition
    Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
    References
    Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 170.
    Other format(s)
    Also available in an electronic version.
    OCLC
    1288343389
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